Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.
WEB
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
YLT
And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted it ;
DBT
And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy